I cannot recall with much certainty when I came to understand the theory of evolution. My grandfather was a Methodist minister and very open minded. He had an extensive collection of National Geographic magazines so you could imagine that he was far from fundamentalist. Oddly, my family did not participate in church services very often (only during Easter) so some could argue that I had a weak Christian base and am therefore unqualified to answer this question.
The claim, by he who created this topic, where the definition of religion is blurred actually has some relevance to me. I see the mechanisms of Evolution as being a wonderful explanation for the Unity of Nature. Western philosophy often seeks to seperate mankind as an entity distinct from nature, or claim that nature is in place for the sake of mankind. Seeing the strong evidence that shows how we are related to primates, and all mammals in general, brings about in me a sense of 'belonging' to the universe and nature. This unity extends out to the formation of the stars themselves and the workings of the cosmos, it is a beautiful thing.
Morally, it shows that we are all part of a delicate system that is constantly in the process of balancing itself, and that we must respect this system, as disrupting it could lead to our own demise as we are all so tightly interconnected.
The point that I am getting at, is that the concepts presented by the ToE can indeed be applied to one's philosphy of life, and if a philosphy of life is a religion then the ToE (although not a religion on its own) could conceivably be the basis for one.
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